Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Nationality, power and symbolic trade-offs among evangelical Protestants in contemporary Northern Ireland

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 637-655

  Mitchell, Claire ^a   Todd, Jennifer ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Evangelical Protestants; National identity; Northern Ireland; Power; Religion

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL POWER; RELIGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749043233     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: 14698129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2007.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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